Welcome
Welcome to the Vapor Documentation! Vapor is a web framework for Swift, allowing you to write backends, web apps APIs and HTTP servers in Swift. Vapor is written in Swift, which is a modern, powerful and safe language providing a number of benefits over the more traditional server languages.
Getting Started¶
If this is your first time using Vapor, head to Install → macOS to install Swift and Vapor.
Once you have Vapor installed, check out Getting Started → Hello, world to create your first Vapor app!
Other Sources¶
Here are some other great places to find information about Vapor.
| name | description | link |
|---|---|---|
| Vapor Discord | Chat with thousands of Vapor developers. | visit → |
| API docs | Auto-generated documentation from code comments. | visit → |
| Stack Overflow | Ask and answer questions with the vapor tag. |
visit → |
| Swift Forums | Post in Vapor's section of the Swift.org forums. | visit → |
| Source Code | Learn how Vapor works under the hood. | visit → |
| GitHub Issues | Report bugs or request features on GitHub. | visit → |
Old Documentation¶
Documentation for deprecated versions of Vapor that are now end-of-life can be found at https://legacy.docs.vapor.codes/.
Authors¶
The Vapor Core Team, and the hundreds of members of the Vapor community.